Timon and Pumba.
The cubs grew fast and before the parents knew they were walking and taking daily trips around the Pridelands with Timon and Pumba. Kula and Nova became inseparable and would play 'tag' and 'pinned ya'. Of course Kula always won as she was much bigger than Nova but sometimes Nova's curiosity found them all sorts of adventures. When they were beginning to walk Nova went exploring around the Pride Rock cave and found a little cave at the back which led to the Pridelands. Kula followed Nova and they went on a little expedition.
At first they went round to the slope which would take them to the peak of Pride rock. The looked at how tiny they were compared to the huge home they lived in. Kula tagged Nova and they played all the way to the watering hole. Nova froze at the new and exciting liquid before her.
"What do you think it does?" She meowed over to Kula. Kula shrugged and dumped her paw in the water. It was cold and she shrank away from it. Nova rolled her eyes and began rolling around in the shallow end. She didn't dare to go any further. Nova was rebellious and was up for any adventure but the deeper section looked too dangerous for her size.
"Come on Nova," Kula called from the sides. The tanned cub watched Nova playing in the water and decided to go in herself. Nov splashed her and Kula growled. They gave each other menacing stares and began to play 'pinned ya' in the water. The pair became soaked and wouldn't have stopped if Kovu hadn't shown up.
"And what do you think you are doing?" Asked Kovu looking down at his daughter and niece. Kula looked down and walked out of the water sadly. Nova rolled her eyes and wondered out.
"We were just playing!" Nova insisted and Kovu smiled. He loved Nova and her curiosity and felt like such a drag for spoiling their fun.
"Without me?" Kovu inquired and the cubs smiled at each other. They all got in the water and played until Kiara came with a stern look on her face.
"Kovu I sent you to get the cubs not play with them!" Kiara snapped and Kovu splashed her. The lioness pounced on her mate and they all had a splash fight.
After that experience the boys always followed the girls in hope of an adventure but the two friends always slipped away unnoticed. The two girls had many fun times chasing butterflies and annoying Sazu much to his annoyance. But they couldn't slip out today as Timon and Pumba were watching them and the pair of babysitters new about the girls' fun times.
"Okay today kids we are gonna teach you the importance of bugs!" Pumba said and the cubs sighed. They always learnt this in their care. The two babysitters would slack off and sun bathe whilst the cubs caught bugs to feed them with.
"But we learnt this yesterday uncle Pumba!" Ahadi moaned and Koda agreed.
"And I am next in line for the throne as you know so I don't need to learn such things!" Koda pointed out and Nova's eyes went red.
"Hey you don't know that! Mum and Dad get to choose because we were triplets!" Nova said and Kula nodded.
"It is true Rafiki told me when I had to see him when I accidently got sprayed by a stinkbug," Kula added. The stinkbug situation was formed when the two girls went to the jungle unattended.
"I remember that!" Nova said laughing," We were racing to the log bridge and you stepped on one! You fell into the water and I spent ages trying to find you!" all the cubs laughed but Timon groaned.
"Be quiet!" Timon shouted," ok why don't we all do what we want today?" all the cubs cheered and they began pinning each other to the ground. Timon and Pumba sat on a rock to watch the cubs play and fight.
"Where are we going this time?" Kula asked and Nova grinned.
"Over there!" Nova said and she pointed towards a dark and mysterious area known as the elephant graveyard.